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Author Topic: Christie CP2220 pedestal Trevor Cable Film Handler Posts: 22 From: Hillsboro, OR, USA Registered: Jan 2011 posted 06-28-2011 05:30 PM                     Hello, Next week I will be installing a new CP2220. I purchased it with the optional pedestal mount. I have never used one of these Christie pedestals before and am curious if it includes a power strip built in. My Barco DP100 came with the pedestal with a 208V power strip built in. Does anyone know if the Christie also includes a power strip? And what voltage it is? Also, I am presuming the Christie UPS input can be either 120V or 208V. Is this a correct presumption? My CP2210 supports both so I'd guess the CP2220 also does. The manual was not clear on this. Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-28-2011 11:54 PM                     I have found the Christie pedestal to be the most useless piece of gear ever devised. Both the Eprad and the Strong pedestal are compatable with the Christie you ordered. Both offer power distribution options. The Strong ped. is about the same cost as the Christie ped. Both the Eprad and the Strong pedestal actually have a tilting platform and both types offer two seperate rack spaces while Eprad offers 4 different styles of bases depending on what your needs are... from small to very large and you can also integrate their light dimmers into the base. The slick part about the Eprad pedestals is that the racks themselves are removable from the pedestal to facilitate easier assembly and wiring on the bench. Then you slide the assembled and wired rack back into the pedestal and bolt it in place. Also makes moving an assembled system into the booth much easier. Brad also makes a nice pedestal but I'm not sure if he offers it for sale as a seperate piece or not. Mark  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 09-29-2016 05:07 PM                 It has been 1919 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 09-29-2016 05:07 PM                        Mark, Do you know if Eprad manufactures the Strong pedestal for them? IFIRC Eprad used to build some (maybe all?) 35mm automations from Strong.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-29-2016 05:43 PM                     eprad builds strong pedestals  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-29-2016 05:57 PM                     When Mark's last post was written, Strong made their own pedestal too (they were still a manufacturer then). Now, all of Strong's pedestals (and just about everything else that is manufactured is OEMed to them). The Eprad pedestal prices have jumped up significantly in the last year or two though. They are nice pedestals and have quite a few valuable features to them. I also like MIT pedestals.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-30-2016 08:45 AM                     i like the kneisley base low cost functional  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-30-2016 02:03 PM                     MIT offers the most bang for the buck in pedestals these days.... Gord, Kneisley is nothing but a name any more. Its not like Betty still answers the phone there in Toledo. Mark  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 09-30-2016 03:59 PM                        Sorry for dragging up such an old thread. Thank you all for the replies!  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-30-2016 04:06 PM                     They are part of Sonic they also make dimmers  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-30-2016 04:36 PM                     I like the MIT pedestals, they make the solid (not "flatpack") Barco ones for N.A. as well I believe. The tilting projector plate is a very good feature. The removable rack assembly from Eprad sounds sweet, but I wouldn't pay a much for it. We try to put minimal equipment in the pedestal anyway, servicing stuff on my knees with head inside a pedestal is not ideal. The Christie quick-release side panels are a good design featured. The snap-nut rack rails are not. Just try to find those snap nuts in 10-32 if you don't want to use Christie's 1/4" screws (I know you can... but they aren't at Home Despot).  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-01-2016 03:44 AM                     Though clearly Barco and MIT were looking on the same plans for the pedestal you speak of, they each make their own and there are several differences between them. Space often dictactes what we have to put in the pedestal. Given a choice, I agree that I'd rather rack up equipment and let the pedestal just support the projector. I like the Eprad M9000L a lot though it isn't perfect (what is?). It also has a tilting top and plenty of room for just about evertything. It too uses caged nuts and that is not my favorite part either. I don't see why that sort of rail is used at all in this industry. You may have one piece (the server) that would use that sort of rail, the rest all need caged nuts. Christie also is into this sort of rail system. The length of the pedestal makes it difficult to use with slide rails. Their current pedestal does a much better job with respect to adjusting height (the original one was too tall). With the CP4230/CP2230, the pedestal is mostly consumed by the power supply. MIT has several pedestals starting with the S1 (the one that looks like the Barco and holds just about every projector but there are 4 or 5 other varients (none of the other have a tilting top, unfortunately). They have one pedestal that is just about as good as the Eprad except no tilting top and I'm not wild about the MIT foot clamps for it (I think it is the S4).  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-01-2016 10:43 AM                     Caged nut rails are way cheaper for the manufacturer to produce. No holes to tap and taps to break. They are merely an IT Department carry over. quote: Gordon McLeod They are part of Sonic That alone is creepy enough for me to never use them. Bring back Betty!  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 10-01-2016 08:57 PM                    I'm projecting digital from the 35mm #1 view port between the two film projectors (which remain in place). I don't know if there is a store-bought solution for that but any base designed for film projector port height would need to be raised on a platform or have something atop it to raise the projector. So I built my own from wood which directly gets me to the correct height. The DSS200 server is too deep for my racks so it just sits on the middle shelf with UPS at the bottom.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-01-2016 09:47 PM                     MIT has a riser base for their S1 pedestal that puts the projector at view port height (5-feet AFF). MIT will also make riser extensions to get your desired lens height.  |  IP: Logged

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